This 1970s era film, called The Ballad of the Big Ones, is about the famous Clydesdale horses of Budweiser. It is a color film and opens with the Anheuser Busch logo on wrought iron gates and the famous Clydesdale drawn carriage emerges, :20. The gleaming red wagon of Budweiser, :56. The Clydesdales pull the Budweiser wagon down 5th Avenue past St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 1:10. The Clydesdales are seen with their young frolicking in a pasture, 1:35. The Clydesdale team is “16 tons moving majestically as one”, 2:10. “The Big Ones” Clydesdale song lasts from opening until 3:18. Anheuser Bush brewery and headquarters in St. Louis, MO, 3:25. The brewery is designated by the United States Department of the Interior as a national landmark, 3:30. The Clydesdales travel over 25,000 miles per year, 3:49. Clydesdales are from the line of horses in the middle ages that roamed the valley of the river Clyde. Only Clydesdales that weigh at least a ton and have a beautiful brown sheen and heavy white hair on their hooves will make the team, 4:20. The mane of the Clydesdale gets braided, 4:38. The horses get their harnesses on, 4:54. The harness for one 8 horse team is painstakingly made by hand and can cost over $30,000, 5:02. 2 horse hitch wagon used for training, 5:10. In 1933, at the end of prohibition, the first 8 horse team was hitched and the first case of Budweiser was delivered to Washington, 5:42. Horseshoes in the fire, 5:55. Clydesdale shoes are made out of a piece of steel 22 inches by 1 and a half inches, a Clydesdale gets shoes, 6:10. Clydesdale song continues, 6:30. The Budweiser wagon weighs 3.5 tons, 7:12. Clydesdale kind of town, Chicago, 8:12. The Clydesdales in St. Louis underneath the arch, 8:43. The Clydesdales visit New Orleans, 8:40. The Clydesdales visit Houston, Tx, 9:15. The Clydesdales visit Albuquerque, NM, 9:45. The Clydesdales visit Philadelphia, PA, 10:23. The Clydesdales visit New York, 10:48. Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day with the Clydesdales, 11:34. Decorating the Roses Parade floats, 12:00. The Clydesdales return to the Budweiser factory, 12:43.

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